Prime Day 2016 Sale

[tubemonkey]

It's definite now. The $119 Fire HD 10 from the Alexa Deals page is sold out. The other Amazon devices from that page are probably sold out too:

• Amazon Echo --> $120
• Fire HD 10 --> $119
• Paperwhite --> $80
• Fire Tab 7 --> $23
• Fire TV Stick --> $15

I picked up an Amazon Echo. I had been on the fence with whether I would use one enough to justify $180, but at $130 it seems to be a smart purchase. Much better than the assorted Rubbermaid containers which was all I could find of interest last year.

I finally found the list of 99 cent videos last night on the website, but they were down to only a few and none were worth even 1 cent. It took me several clicks and a lot of hunting on their website to find them. Not intuitive at all. I never did find that list on my Fire TV, and that is where they should have been front and center. Amazon really needs to rethink the stupid way in which they categorize and disorganize lists on the Fire TV. It makes no sense to me to place mostly the same few videos into almost every category list. If you know a specific title you can easily get to it with Alexa, but if you are just browsing it is like deja vu from one list/category to another, at least on my Fire TV.

However, even though browsing is a PITA on the Fire TV, I must say that the picture is incredibly good; much better than my DirecTV picture and way more reliable too. I have the original Fire TV Stick too, and it is a piece of junk. But the newest Fire TV with Alexa remote is really good for a set top box. Much better than the Apple TV I have that now collects dust. The remote on the Fire TV is a bit finicky at times and I have to sometimes remove the batteries and put them back in before it wakes up and starts working. But most of the time it works okay.

[Atunah]

They consider KU a digital content, don't they. Darn. I want the FireTV, but if I had been able to put a KU subscription with it, I could have made use of the $30 off with $150 purchase on my Visa. You can't use the VISA30 on digital content.

Darn. I just don't need anything else so I guess I'll just have to get the FireTV by itself.

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

It's definite now. The $119 Fire HD 10 from the Alexa Deals page is sold out. The other Amazon devices from that page are probably sold out too:

• Amazon Echo --> $120
• Fire HD 10 --> $119
• Paperwhite --> $80
• Fire Tab 7 --> $23
• Fire TV Stick --> $15

The Echo had 39% still available when I purchased mine about 08:50 CDT. That was about 40 minutes ago though.

[Tinks]

The Kindle Voyage is on sale for $149.99 with special offers right now.

[tubemonkey]

Amazon Devices on Sale

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by jswinden

The Echo had 39% still available when I purchased mine about 08:50 CDT. That was about 40 minutes ago though.

My post was dealing with Echos sold on a different page for a lower price.

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

My post was dealing with Echos sold on a different page for a lower price.

Well I assumed you were talking about purchasing items via Alexa, but I thought that was just an extra discount. At any rate, the Echo was still available at a deal when I bought mine.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by jswinden

Well I assumed you were talking about purchasing items via Alexa, but I thought that was just an extra discount. At any rate, the Echo was still available at a deal when I bought mine.

If you ordered it through Alexa, it was $120. From Amazon, it was $130.

[Purple Lady]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Prime Member Exclusive -- Amazon Gift Card Promo -- exp 12 Jul

Get a $10 promo credit when you buy $50 in Amazon Gift Cards



This offer is open to all Prime members, even if you've done similar gift card offers in the past. It's only available for physical gift cards. Digital gift cards are not eligible.

I had no trouble getting this offer.

Hurry, supplies are limited and this offer will sell out fast.
.

Thanks, just ordered one. I also get 5% back since I used my Amazon store card.

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

If you ordered it through Alexa, it was $120. From Amazon, it was $130.

Understand. But just to be clear for anyone who is interested, I just looked at the main deals page under the Amazon Devices category and it is displaying at 09:53 CDT as still 38% available for $130. Not as good as the $120 deal, but still a $50 savings. Interesting how it has only gone down from 39% to 38% (1%) in the hour since I purchased it. I guess Amazon is playing much nicer this year with number of available units in their deals.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by jswinden

Understand. But just to be clear for anyone who is interested, I just looked at the main deals page under the Amazon Devices category and it is displaying at 09:53 CDT as still 38% available for $130. Not as good as the $120 deal, but still a $50 savings. Interesting how it has only gone down from 39% to 38% (1%) in the hour since I purchased it. I guess Amazon is playing much nicer this year with number of available units in their deals.

Correct. Now it's only being sold at two different sites - the main Prime Day page and the Prime Now page. The Prime Now offer is potentially $20 cheaper if you qualify for the promo.

I'm keeping tabs of availability in posts 70 and 96.

Amazon has really confused things this year by offering multiple promos for the same items.

[Purple Lady]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Amz Rewards Visa Card -- $30 off $150 purchase --> exp 12 Jul

I just tried this and it says The promotional code you entered cannot be applied to your purchase.

The payment method shows Amazon.com Visa Signature. I just logged on to Chase and it is listed as an Amazon.com Rewards card.

[Atunah]

Originally Posted by Purple Lady

I just tried this and it says The promotional code you entered cannot be applied to your purchase.

The payment method shows Amazon.com Visa Signature. I just logged on to Chase and it is listed as an Amazon.com Rewards card.

Was everything in your order eligible? No digital orders, must be sold by Amazon. Not sure what else they specify besides this in the small print. Its why I can't use it, I can't put a KU subscription with this as that is digital.

If you should be eligible and doesn't work, you might want to call them.
On CNN they said a while ago that they had some issues on Amazon with the checkouts.

I just ordered my FireTV and I'll get it by noon. . I added it to my prime now order I was already going to place for some produce I need. I didn't even know they had it on sale there too.

[tubemonkey]

never mind